Introduction

Telugu is read from left to right.

తెలుగు ఒక అందమైన భాష.

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯>

There’s no such thing as capital versus small letters. So there’s only one way to write Telugu.

In the Telugu alphabet, there are 16 vowels and 36 consonants, making up 52 letters in total.

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Telugu is a phonetic language, meaning it’s spelt exactly the way it sounds. So Telugu spelling is easier than English.

Read the chart of letters below from left to right, top to bottom. You can click on each letter to hear its sound.

Note: ఙ and ఞ are tricky to pronounce on their own, so we say “inya” and “inni” when teaching the alphabet.

The first two rows of the alphabet are “acculu” which means vowels.

The rest of the rows are “hallulu” which means consonants.

Finally, the Telugu word for alphabet is “varṇamāla.”

Table of Contents

Vowels & Consonants